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I am glad to have you here with me on my journey into the world of historical fiction! I live in the stunning Pacific Northwest in the United States, where I spend much of my time hiking and exploring the Cascade and Olympic mountain ranges, or else reading, writing, and cooking inside if it’s raining (which it does, a lot). My experience in historical fiction comes from a lifetime of reading and writing stories about the past, and an insatiable love of research, fueled by a journalism degree. Want to stay informed about my work? Follow me on Amazon, BookBub, or Goodreads! Want to interact? I can usually be found posting my favorite weird medieval facts on my Instagram account, recording videos on TikTok and YouTube, or trying to be professional on my Facebook page. https://www.elizabethrandersen.com/the-scribe daily 0.75 2023-03-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/616380a2c164175bd42c9f5c/1634422756713-FMLS7X1B11YOVRV3MTIM/The+Scribe_3D-grad.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/616380a2c164175bd42c9f5c/9d00db81-040b-4ff7-8741-a01e16fcafd6/Chaucer+Finalist+PNG+%28300+%C3%97+300+px%29+%281%29.png https://www.elizabethrandersen.com/the-land-of-god daily 0.75 2021-11-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/616380a2c164175bd42c9f5c/f221f61b-88ba-47bc-9307-a31126e09bd8/Land+of+God_3d-grad.jpg TheLandofGod the land of god The last thing Henri of Maron remembered from his brutal flogging was a face in the crowd – the face of the person he had wronged. As he grapples with the consequences of his disastrous decisions as the new viscount of Acre, war with the Mamluk army looms closer. In the struggle to convince the leaders of Acre to take the threat seriously, Henri and the grand master of the Templars must rely on unlikely allies and bold risks to avoid a siege. Sidika, suddenly living alone and facing pressure to marry, must navigate her complicated feelings for the man who upended her entire life. Will she escape the city before the siege starts, or will a mysterious woman from her past intervene? The Land of God weaves the real historical figures with rich, complex characters and an edge-of-seat plot. Readers who enjoyed the Brethren series by Robyn Young and The Physician by Noah Gordon will appreciate this immersive tale set in the Middle East in the Middle Ages. https://www.elizabethrandersen.com/become-a-reviewer daily 0.75 2023-06-10 https://www.elizabethrandersen.com/404 daily 0.75 2021-11-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/616380a2c164175bd42c9f5c/1633971940056-89MC0D9RYO4X4PII92UL/AcrePortrait3.jpg 404 Maps by Theodor Jurma. Used with permission. https://www.elizabethrandersen.com/the-amir daily 0.75 2022-09-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/616380a2c164175bd42c9f5c/65f1a927-f306-47ee-afb6-c5f84a1eb579/The+Amir_3d+%281%29.jpg The Amir The Amir Acre has fallen. In the frantic days after the Mamluk army brutally sacked their city, Sidika and Emre find themselves in Egypt at the house of an ambitious amir to Sultan al-Ashraf Khalil. Emre, reinstated to his position in the Mamluk army, plays a dangerous game, pitting the sultan’s amirs against each other in a bid to increase his influence in the royal court. Sidika, captured as a slave, can only think of Henri and escape. But when Emre comes up with a risky plan to help her flee Cairo, how far is she willing to go for her freedom? Henri, now living in Francia among hostile relatives, dreams of finding Sidika and ransoming her, but he cannot avoid a nobleman’s duties: arranged marriage awaits him. As he attempts to settle into his new life, a group of outcasts arrives in Maron, causing an uproar. By protecting them, Henri does what he knows is right, but the consequences could be deadly. Love, lust, revenge, and loss push Henri, Sidika, and Emre toward adulthood in the third book in The Two Daggers series, following them through social and political turbulence at the sunset of the Levantine crusades. https://www.elizabethrandersen.com/home-er-andersen-home daily 0.75 2022-03-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/616380a2c164175bd42c9f5c/1633913722652-W0MUJ8Q7XQ8LIE79ZZI1/The+Scribe_3D-spine.jpg ER Andersen Home https://www.elizabethrandersen.com/the-alewives-of-colmar daily 0.75 2025-03-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/616380a2c164175bd42c9f5c/c33d2153-38d3-42e6-9ffb-d7e6e5de2b6c/Sleight-of-Hand_3d_bookFront_with_spine.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/616380a2c164175bd42c9f5c/602d0b33-e5e8-41c3-881f-ce67898ad651/The-Alewives_3D_BookFront_with_spine.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/616380a2c164175bd42c9f5c/8ecea860-c2ef-4315-8172-8b968c43493d/Monstrous-Murders_ShotsFront_with_spine.png https://www.elizabethrandersen.com/the-marquis-of-maron daily 0.75 2023-07-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/616380a2c164175bd42c9f5c/ca8610d7-6a16-42a1-823c-56bef7c69f28/Marquis+of+Maron_Book_ImagesIpad_W_Phone_PaperBack.jpg The Marquis of Maron The Marquis of Maron All seems lost for Henri of Maron as he hides, gravely injured, with a mysterious hermit in the forests of his ancestral homeland. The betrayal of his family is heart-rending, the revenge by his uncle Gaspard, complete. When a villager describes a waterfall guarded by a holy man who can cure the sick, Henri decides to set out to seek a miracle. But outside the forest, more danger awaits as his murderous relatives gain the help of King Philippe to put a price on Henri’s head. Half a world away, Sidika’s plans for escape from Egypt have failed and she remains a slave in a noble house. Her freedom is eventually assisted by an unlikely ally, and she knows what she must do: she must find Henri. She sets out on a voyage across oceans and continents to find the man who she knows to be her future. Filled with adventure, romance, and treachery, The Marquis of Maron brings readers to the doorstep of the final chapter in this 5-book series as Henri, Sidika, and Emre struggle for survival in 13th century France. https://www.elizabethrandersen.com/the-alewives daily 0.75 2024-01-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/616380a2c164175bd42c9f5c/376e1864-3344-441f-84e9-da7acebcd81a/Untitled+design+%283%29.png The Alewives - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/616380a2c164175bd42c9f5c/8293fce3-365d-49c3-af83-9227deae8423/The+AlewivesPaperback-Book-Small-Spine.png The Alewives - ‘A playful romp through a dark time’ The alewives Gritta, Appel, and Efi managed to survive the Black Death, only to find that they are in desperate need of money. With limited options and lots of obstacles, they band together to become alewives - brewing and selling ale in the free Alsatian town of Colmar. But when an elderly neighbor is discovered dead in her house, the alewives cannot convince the sheriff and the town council that her death wasn’t an accident, it was murder. As the body count piles up, the ale flows and mystery is afoot! Set in the tumultuous years after the most devastating pandemic the world has ever experienced, The Alewives is a playful romp through a dark time, when society was reeling from loss and a grieving population attempted to return to normal, proving that with the bonds of love, friendship, and humor, the human spirit will always continue to shine. https://www.elizabethrandersen.com/thetwodaggers-1 daily 0.75 2024-01-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/616380a2c164175bd42c9f5c/dcd81ed0-2da5-4dce-955b-46d87d33c0c3/Land+of+God_3d-wht-spine.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/616380a2c164175bd42c9f5c/c6f41f52-1382-4c35-b53d-34d85a11a597/Chaucer+Finalist+PNG+%28300+%C3%97+300+px%29+%281%29.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/616380a2c164175bd42c9f5c/1633913722652-W0MUJ8Q7XQ8LIE79ZZI1/The+Scribe_3D-spine.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/616380a2c164175bd42c9f5c/07fc6bea-70b5-4daf-bb9c-b0913b1b00c6/The+Amir_3d.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/616380a2c164175bd42c9f5c/dd4511dd-3d42-4f84-b329-f2b9d9783c54/Marquis-of-Maron_Book_ImagesFront_with_spine.png https://www.elizabethrandersen.com/monstrousmurdersarc daily 0.75 2025-04-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/616380a2c164175bd42c9f5c/4bcbe305-0614-4365-8dad-5b1933179820/The+Monstrous+Murders_Bannersfor+Twitter+-+1500x500+%282%29.jpg https://www.elizabethrandersen.com/sleight-of-hand daily 0.75 2024-12-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/616380a2c164175bd42c9f5c/c33d2153-38d3-42e6-9ffb-d7e6e5de2b6c/Sleight-of-Hand_3d_bookFront_with_spine.png Sleight of Hand - ‘Andersen exhibits her mastery of language, laying the groundwork for a dark and whimsically satirical tale.’ Sleight of Hand In the spring of 1354, all was well in the town of Colmar - until Efi Kleven discovered a hand in her pot of new ale…a hand that was not attached to a body. Now, Gritta, Appel, and Efi, the three alewives of Colmar, must solve the mystery of the severed hand before suspicion falls on them. While they attempt to keep their fledgling brewery afloat, more bodies turn up outside of town - along with more suspects. With few allies and several powerful men working against them, the alewives find themselves flummoxed: How did the hand of a man from Vogelgrun end up in a cooking pot in Colmar? Why were none of the victims local? And would this most inconvenient ingredient get in the way of Efi's plans to find herself a new husband? Book 2 in The Alewives of Colmar mystery series, Sleight of Hand follows the three alewives as they confront life after the Black Death with bravery and wicked humor, showing resourcefulness and determination in the face of poverty, misogyny, and murder. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/616380a2c164175bd42c9f5c/d365ca3a-2c46-479d-8ac3-3431ab154656/CPBC2024Gold.png https://www.elizabethrandersen.com/alewives-of-colmar-audiobooks daily 0.75 2025-01-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/616380a2c164175bd42c9f5c/43c3bce8-2a2a-4e4f-a1fd-d6324a1dc6b1/Alewives+audiobook+cover+%283000+%C3%97+3000+px%29+%281%29.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/616380a2c164175bd42c9f5c/8407775d-10ac-4b6e-93f3-024c47aba557/Sleight+of+Hand_au+%283%29.jpg https://www.elizabethrandersen.com/sleight-of-hand-advance-listeners daily 0.75 2024-12-21 https://www.elizabethrandersen.com/the-monstrous-murders daily 0.75 2025-05-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/616380a2c164175bd42c9f5c/189f50a6-a8e7-4ef4-8117-b4a8f0dbd14d/Monstrous+Murders_ShotsFront_with_spine.jpg The Monstrous Murders - ‘Andersen exhibits her mastery of language, laying the groundwork for a dark and whimsically satirical tale.’ The Monstrous Murders As winter draws to a close, something suspicious lurks outside the walls of Colmar. Appel, Gritta, and Efi, the three alewives of Colmar, are enjoying a calm month of brewing and friendship after solving the deeply unsettling riddle of the severed hands. But peace is not destined to last for long. The disappearance of two novice monks in the care of Friar Wikerus spark tales of a supernatural beast on the loose, and when a lowly street sweeper is terrorized one night, fear stalks the town like a monster. Theories of demons and beasts run wild. Could this foretell another great mortality like the one they only recently survived? Could it be an evil spirit sent to punish the wicked citizens of Colmar? The alewives would rather not involve themselves, but everything changes when a body turns up near their canal. The threat is too close to home to ignore. Once more, Appel, Gritta, and Efi must put their sleuthing skills to good use – while ensuring they don't also fall prey to the supernatural menace. Book 3 in the award-winning Alewives of Colmar mystery series, The Monstrous Murders is everything readers have come to expect; witty banter, deep friendship, twisty clues, and frothy brews. https://www.elizabethrandersen.com/store daily 0.75 2025-03-25